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Football is one of the most popular sports games in the world. What is the secret that makes so many people watch football and cheer so passionately? Is it something that speaks of class, race or gender? Is it our national or regional identity?

Philosopher Simon Critchley, who studies popular phenomena, tries to explain this phenomenon as well. In particular, this book, as the author himself says, is not so much about the philosophy of football, but about the fact that football can give us an idea of philosophy.

As a football fan, he talks about light and dark heroes: Zidane and Cruyff, Clough and Revie, Shankly and Klopp. However, Marx and Nietzsche, Sartre and Heidegger also appear in the company of these characters, which makes you look at the game from an extremely interesting perspective - or rather, from many perspectives at once.